Afghanistan's
government, increasingly at odds with Washington, is cracking down on
advertisements that promote keeping U.S. troops in the country after
2014 and has already shut down a spot aired by the country's most widely
watched broadcasters.

The commercials - some funded
by a U.S. organization - have drawn official criticism because they urge
President Hamid Karzai to abandon his refusal to sign a security pact
with the United States that would enable the troops to stay.

Broadcasters,
which ran the spots for several weeks, came under investigation on
grounds that their source of funding was unclear....